Pangea, Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Pangaea is a "Super Continent" that existed 250 million years ago that was made up of all seven of the continents that exist today.

• True

• False

The scientist who suggested that the continents were once connected and then ripped apart was:

• Arthur Holmes

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

• All of the above

The theory that landmasses are slowly moving across the Earth is called:

• Pangea

• Continental Drift

• Tectonic Plate Theory

The Earth is divided into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres along the:

• prime meridian

• tropic of cancer

• equator

The continents are still drifting today.

• True

• False

Africa and South America were once connected.

• True

• False

Evidence of glaciers found in tropical rain forests suggest that:

• Glaciers once existed near the equator.

• These continents were once located near the south pole.

• The equator was once in a different location.

Huge slabs of moving rocks that make up the outer crust of the earth are:

• tectonic plates

• Pangaea

• continents

Mountains form when two tectonic plates converge (collide).

• True

• False

Bitumonous coal is made up of

• compressed bones of prehistoric animals

• compacted remains of tropical plants

• volcanic ash